Pennsylvania Land-Value Tax
Split-rate taxation that encouraged building - until assessments broke.
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1 · The idealist case (in its proponents' own framing)
Tax land more than buildings to spur development.
2 · The realist counter-case
Critics doubt assessment capacity.
3 · Predicted vs. measured — with caveats
Pittsburgh's split-rate (1913-2001) raised construction ~8% (Oates-Schwab) but collapsed in 2001 after a land-assessment spike.
4 · Liberty check
Among the most liberty-respecting taxes - falls on land, not effort.
5 · The real tradeoff
Mechanism sound; execution on assessments is the risk.
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